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Western Australia Constitution and Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 Contents Part 1 -- Preliminary 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 Part 2 -- Electoral districts, and members of the Assembly, increased from 59 to 61 Division 1 -- Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899 amended 3. Act amended 3 4. Section 18 amended 3 Division 2 -- Electoral Act 1907 amended 5. Act amended 3 6. Section 16C amended 3 Part 3 -- Redistribution after the next general election: transitional provisions 7. Act amended 4 8. Section 16L amended 4 185--1 page i Western Australia LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (Introduced by Hon Mr Martin Aldridge, MLC) Constitution and Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 A Bill for An Act to amend -- • the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899; and • the Electoral Act 1907. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: page 1 Constitution and Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 Part 1 Preliminary s. 1 1 Part 1 -- Preliminary 2 1. Short title 3 This is the Constitution and Electoral Amendment Act 2016. 4 2. Commencement 5 This Act comes into operation as follows -- 6 (a) Part 1 -- on the day on which this Act receives the 7 Royal Assent (assent day); 8 (b) the rest of the Act -- 9 (i) on 12 March 2017; or 10 (ii) if a date other than 11 March 2017 is fixed, 11 under the Electoral Act 1907, for the polling in 12 the next general election for the Assembly, on 13 the day after that polling day. page 2 Constitution and Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 Electoral districts, and members of the Assembly, increased Part 2 from 59 to 61 Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899 amended Division 1 s. 3 1 Part 2 -- Electoral districts, and members of the 2 Assembly, increased from 59 to 61 3 Division 1 -- Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899 amended 4 3. Act amended 5 This Division amends the Constitution Acts Amendment 6 Act 1899. 7 4. Section 18 amended 8 In section 18 delete "59" and insert: 9 10 61 11 12 Division 2 -- Electoral Act 1907 amended 13 5. Act amended 14 This Division amends the Electoral Act 1907. 15 6. Section 16C amended 16 In section 16C(1) delete "59" and insert: 17 18 61 19 page 3 Constitution and Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 Part 3 Redistribution after the next general election: transitional provisions s. 7 1 Part 3 -- Redistribution after the next general election: 2 transitional provisions 3 7. Act amended 4 This Part amends the Electoral Act 1907. 5 8. Section 16L amended 6 (1) In section 16L(1) insert in alphabetical order: 7 8 commencement day means the day on which the 9 Constitution and Electoral Amendment Act 2016 Part 2 10 comes into operation; 11 12 (2) In section 16L(1) in the definition of previous electoral 13 distribution delete "26 February 2005." and insert: 14 15 commencement day. 16 17 (3) In section 16L(2): 18 (a) delete "repeal of the Electoral Distribution Act 1947 by 19 section 8 of the Electoral Amendment and Repeal 20 Act 2005," and insert: 21 22 amendments effected by the Constitution and Electoral 23 Amendment Act 2016 Part 2, 24 25 (b) in paragraphs (a) and (b) delete "the commencement of 26 the Electoral Amendment and Repeal Act 2005; and" 27 and insert: 28 29 commencement day; and 30 page 4 Constitution and Electoral Amendment Bill 2016 Redistribution after the next general election: transitional Part 3 provisions s. 8 1 (c) in paragraph (c)(i) delete "the commencement of the 2 Electoral Amendment and Repeal Act 2005; or" and 3 insert: 4 5 commencement day; or 6 7 (d) in paragraph (c)(iii) delete "the commencement of the 8 Electoral Amendment and Repeal Act 2005." and insert: 9 10 commencement day. 11 12 Note: The heading to amended section 16L is to read: 13 Transitional provisions for amendments to law after 2017 general 14 election 15
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